Alico citrus wind down

the largest single citrus exit of the greening era within this dataset

Held

2025

Place

eight counties including DeSoto, Highlands and Hardee

District

The Ridge

Status as of 12 September 2026

Complete through the 2025 harvest; about 3,460 acres continue under third party caretakers through 2026.

Connections

2 edges, 2 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.006 (rank 108 of 243) · location and lineage only 0.005 (rank 67) · outside share 0.00

Confidence

High · sources: [ALPR25] [AL10K] [ALSEC2] [BOBS25] [WGCU25] [ALPR26] (register)

Alico announces the wind down on 6 January 2025 and abandons trees on about 90 percent of its producing acres by the fiscal year's end; 172 employees are laid off, the Tropicana agreement terminates in May, and land moves to sale, lease and development, including a 2,950 acre Hendry grove sold for 26.8 million dollars in January 2026 [ALPR25][ALSEC2][ALSEC3][BOBS25][ALPR26].

Connections

Location and lineage

• unit or member ofAlico Incthe company's defining transformation event2025
• grew out ofCitrus greening reaches Floridagreening is the stated core reason, with the hurricanes2005 to 2025